Articles by National Instruments, Austin, TX

National Instruments introduced the world’s first RF vector signal transceiver (VST), the NI PXIe-5644R, and with it, a new class of software-designed instrumentation. This software-centric architecture represents a new era in which engineers and scientists can use LabVIEW to tailor open, field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based hardware for their specific needs.

National Instruments announced the promotion of Jin Bains to vice president of research and development of RF products. With nearly 20 years of expertise, Bains has consistently demonstrated outstanding global leadership in RF technology product innovation at NI.

National Instruments announced that it will demonstrate a complete PXI-based solution for RF power amplifier (PA) validation and production test at European Microwave Week (booth 517) in Manchester, England. The PXI solution exemplifies the NI commitment to meeting engineers’ needs for fast, efficient and accurate test and measurement solutions....

National Instruments announced the NI USRP-2920 and NI USRP-2921 instruments, offering a new educational platform that delivers a true hands-on learning experience with real-world signals to RF and communications university labs, which previously relied on computer-based simulation to augment theory. The new platform, consisting of NI universal software radio...

As part of NIWeek in Austin, TX, National Instruments unveiled NI LabVIEW 2011, the 25th-anniversary version of its award-winning system design software. LabVIEW accelerates the productivity of engineers and scientists who develop and deploy measurement and control systems to solve some of the world’s greatest engineering challenges. LabVIEW 2011...

National Instruments announced two PXI Express products that extend the platform’s performance and capabilities, especially for multichassis systems. The NI PXIe-6674T timing module unlocks the most advanced timing and synchronization capabilities for PXI Express systems. The NI PXIe-PCIe8388 controller is the industry’s first 8 GB/s/direction remote controller. Engineers can...

National Instruments released a high bandwidth PXI digitizer, complementing the rapidly expanding suite of performance instrumentation available in PXI. Co-developed with Tektronix , the NI PXIe-5186 digitizer employs Tektronix, Enabling Technology to achieve up to 5 GHz bandwidth and 12.5 GS/s sample rates. The company also announced the NI...